Bitnami vs Tower Comparison | StackShare

Overview

Bitnami

Stacks141

Followers221

Votes6

Tower

Stacks214

Followers360

Votes80

Bitnami vs Tower: What are the differences?

What is Bitnami? The App Store for Server Software. Our library provides trusted virtual machines for every major development stack and open source server application, ready to run in your infrastructure.

What is Tower? The most powerful Git client for Mac & Windows. Use all of Git's powerful feature set - in a GUI that makes you more productive.

Bitnami and Tower are primarily classified as "Server Software" and "Source Code Management Desktop Apps" tools respectively.

Some of the features offered by Bitnami are:

BitNami Cloud Hosting lets you instantly run every BitNami package you already know and love and have it automatically configured, backed up and monitored.
Launch applications to the cloud with one click.
Choose from 50 popular open source applications, including SugarCRM, Alfresco, Drupal, WordPress, Redmine, JasperServer, Joomla! and many more.

On the other hand, Tower provides the following key features:

Clone & create repos with a click - Manage your GitHub, Bitbucket & Beanstalk accounts from within Tower
Open repos quickly - Tower's "Quick Open" dialog finds and opens repositories in no time
Automate the boring stuff - Fetching and stashing are automatically done for you, if you wish

"Cloud Management" is the top reason why over 2 developers like Bitnami, while over 16 developers mention "Git" as the leading cause for choosing Tower.

Swat.io, Coderus, and Startae are some of the popular companies that use Tower, whereas Bitnami is used by CameraLends, Devotee, and Mark & Phil. Tower has a broader approval, being mentioned in 31 company stacks & 16 developers stacks; compared to Bitnami, which is listed in 9 company stacks and 14 developer stacks.

Detailed Comparison

Bitnami	Tower
Our library provides trusted virtual machines for every major development stack and open source server application, ready to run in your infrastructure.	Use all of Git's powerful feature set - in a GUI that makes you more productive.
BitNami Cloud Hosting lets you instantly run every BitNami package you already know and love and have it automatically configured, backed up and monitored.;Launch applications to the cloud with one click.;Choose from 50 popular open source applications, including SugarCRM, Alfresco, Drupal, WordPress, Redmine, JasperServer, Joomla! and many more.;By launching a server without adding any applications to it, you get a ready-to-run development environment that includes Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Python, Django, Memcached, Nginx, Subversion, Git, Sqlite, Tomcat and Java.;Run multiple applications on one server and save money by sharing the resources of a larger machine between applications.;Manage multiple Amazon Web Services accounts from one dashboard.;BitNami Cloud Hosting is powered by Amazon, the global leader in Cloud Computing.;Use BitNami Cloud Hosting to schedule weekly, daily or even hourly automatic backups. Backups are complete, incremental snapshots of your server.;Restore a complete, ready-to-run copy of your server, with all of your data and customizations, in one click.;Server scheduling enables you to specify times for your servers to automatically turn on and off.	Clone & create repos with a click - Manage your GitHub, Bitbucket & Beanstalk accounts from within Tower;Open repos quickly - Tower's "Quick Open" dialog finds and opens repositories in no time;Automate the boring stuff - Fetching and stashing are automatically done for you, if you wish;Clone in the background- Downloading large projects happens in the background, while you work;Multiple windows - Have multiple projects open side-by-side
Statistics
Stacks 141	Stacks 214
Followers 221	Followers 360
Votes 6	Votes 80
Pros & Cons
Pros 6 Cloud Management	Pros 19 Git 16 Just works 10 Version control 6 Awesome 6 Simple layout Cons 5 Expensive 4 Subscription based 1 No side by side diff 0 Merge conflict resolution impossible/unclear
Integrations
Amazon EC2 Google Compute Engine Google Kubernetes Engine Docker HP Cloud Compute VMware vSphere Microsoft Azure	Bitbucket TextMate Visual Studio GitHub GitLab Git Xcode Gerrit Code Review Beanstalk

What are some alternatives to Bitnami, Tower?

SourceTree

Use the full capability of Git and Mercurial in the SourceTree desktop app. Manage all your repositories, hosted or local, through SourceTree's simple interface.

GitKraken

The downright luxurious Git client for Windows, Mac and Linux. Cross-platform, 100% standalone, and free.

Fork

Manage your repositories without leaving the application. Organize the repositores into categories. Fork's Diff Viewer provides a clear view to spot the changes in your source code quickly.

Sublime Merge

A snappy UI, three-way merge tool, side-by-side diffs, syntax highlighting, and more. Evaluate for free – no account, tracking, or time limits.

GitUp

GitUp lets you see your entire labyrinth of branches and merges with perfect clarity. Any change you make, large or small, even outside GitUp, is immediately reflected in GitUp's graph. No refreshing, no waiting.

SmartGit

SmartGit is a powerful Git GUI client with support for GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab and Azure DevOps. SmartGit runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Cockpit Project

It is an interactive server admin interface. It is easy to use and very lightweight. It interacts directly with the operating system from a real Linux session in a browser.